Order ID | 2624368311 |
Subject | Sociology |
Topic | Social Movement Essay |
Type | Essay |
Writer level | College |
Style | APA |
Sources / references | 3 |
Language | English(U.S.) |
Description / paper instructions Instructions
Social Movement Essay For Project #2, you will analyze a social movement from a sociological perspective. In other words, your Project 2 papers will entail an analysis of a Collective Action whether it is a social movement or a riot. In week 7, you will read concepts and theories and answer Discussion questions about social change and social movements, which will be helpful to you when you write your second project. The following website provides some good theories on Social movements relevant to this project: https://globalsociology.pbworks.com/w/page/14711254/Social%20Movements The paper should be 3-4 pages not including the title and reference page. For this paper, you are expected to research and select a contemporary (20 century, the civil rights movement is okay), and not historical collective action or a social movement. Select any type of collective action (e.g., riots, panics) or social movement (e.g., civil rights, animal rights, environmental rights, gay rights movements (Stonewall), Occupy Wall Street; Freddie Gray protests (Baltimore), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), Trayvon Martin(Florida) protest/riots, Black Lives Matter, Arab Spring -Collective Movement in Egypt’s Tahrir Square that was a part of Arab Uprisings; and 2014 Euro-Maidan movements in Kyiv, Ukraine, etc.), of interest to you. Prepare a 3 to a 4-page description of the collective action or social movement, and also provide a sociological explanation of your selected action or movement. This means, in your paper, you have to include the sociological terms, theories, and/or research that you think apply with your topic and then explain how these apply. The main purpose of this paper is to use the open resources, and related chapters to the social movement, and bring in your analysis of the events using a sociological perspective. In other words, do NOT just describe the social movement but analyze it using your sociological theories. While doing so, please look at the rubric (table) in your syllabus for guidelines. While working on this project, make sure that you pay attention to these points below: Your paper needs to have “an introduction” and a “conclusion.” IMPORTANT NOTES This project is worth 20 percent of your total grade. Please see the rubric below for the objective grading criteria for this assignment, which are based on the following course outcomes: 1, 4, and 5. |